Changes to the approval of “sponsor licenses” in the UK from April 2024 Employers must obtain approval (called a “sponsor license”) from the Home Office to employ foreign workers in the UK. This can be submitted online using a completed application form along with the required documents and information. Previously, the sponsor license was valid...

The Foreign Minister of Japan and the Ambassador of Austria signed a social security agreement between the two countries in Japan on January 19, 2024. The agreement allows employees who are posted to the other country for a temporary period of less than five years to remain insured in the pension system of the sending...

Italy signs framework agreement on cross-border teleworking We already reported on the Multilateral Framework Convention on ordinary cross-border telework on August 1, 2023. This agreement makes it possible for employees, under certain conditions, to spend up to 49.99% of their working hours in the form of telework in their country of residence and still be...